Final programme

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Pre-convention Meetings

Tuesday 27 March 2007

14.00 - 18.00

EUA Board Meeting

Wednesday 28 March 2007

10.00 - 13.00	Secretaries General Meeting
15.00 - 18.00	EUA Council Meeting
19.00 - 21.00	Welcome Reception
21.00 - 22.10	Choral and Instrumental Concert

EUA Convention

Thursday 29 March 2007

09.30 - 12.00	General Assembly (information on the rules of procedure) (proxy letter)
12.00 - 13.30	Lunch

13.30 - 14.30	Opening Ceremony Chair: Georg Winckler, EUA President Welcome Addresses António Sampaio da Nóvoa, Rector, University of Lisbon, Portugal Antonio Carmona Rodrigues, Mayor of Lisbon, Portugal Georg Winckler, EUA President José Mariano Gago, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education
14.30 - 16.00	Plenary Session 1 Chair: Georg Winckler, EUA President The Future of Higher Education beyond 2010 Ján Figeľ, European Commissioner for Education, Culture and Youth David Ward, President of the American Council on Education Zhang Xinsheng, P.R. of China Vice-Minister of Education
16.00 - 16.30	Coffee Break
16.30 - 18.00	Plenary Session II Chair: Lesley Wilson, EUA Secretary General Trends in Higher Education from the Perspective of Institutions: Key messages from Trends V Presentation by David Crosier and Lewis Purser, EUA Discussion
20.00 - 22.30	Reception at Tapada da Ajuda Sponsored by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education

Friday 30 March 2007

09.30 - 11.00	Plenary Session III Chair: Ilkka Niiniluoto, Rector of the University of Helsinki, Finland ERC: Strenghtening Frontier Research in Europe's Universities Fotis Kafatos, President of the European Research Council (ERC), Chair of the Scientific Council of the ERC Discussion
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.00	Working Group Session (I)
13.00 - 14.30	Lunch
13.30 - 14.30	Question and Answer Session on the EUA Statutes Review Process
13.30 - 14.30	Session on EUA Institutional Development Activities
14.30 - 16.00	Plenary Session IV Chair: Helga Nowotny, Vice-President of the European Research Council (ERC) Future Directions for Higher Education and Research - Institutional Perspectives: a Debate Yehuda Elkana, President and Rector, Central European University, Hungary John Brooks, Vice-Chancellor, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom Koen Geven, ESIB President Rodrigo Costa, Vice-President of Portugal Telecom
16.00 - 16.30	Coffee Break
16.30 - 18.00	Working Group Session (II)
20.00 - 22.30	Gala Dinner at Estufa Fria Sponsored by the Municipality of Lisbon

Saturday 31 March 2007

9.00 - 10.30	Plenary Session V: Conclusions and Recommendations Chair: President of the Portuguese Rectors' Conference (CRUP) - tbc Main Results and Recommendations from the Working Groups by the Lead Work Group Chairs
10.30 - 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.30	EUA Convention 2007: Preliminary Conclusions Chair: Georg Winckler, EUA President Report by the Convention General Rapporteur Sir Roderick Floud, EUA Vice President Questions and Discussion Invitation by the Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
12.30 - 13.30	Closing Ceremony Chair: Georg Winckler, EUA President Closing Address by José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission Concluding remarks by Georg Winckler, EUA President
13.30 - 14.30	Lunch